PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023

PPR PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023 According to Piaget's stages of cognitive development, which of the following thought processes best distinguishes a student at the formal operational stage? a. Abstract thought b. Logical thought c. Concrete thought d. Intuitive thought - Correct answer-Abstract thought Danielle is a 4 year old who prefers to play by herself and is not comfortable interacting with other children. To best facilitate Danielle's transition into the next stage of play development, the teacher should provide a variety of a. individual activities and materials that children can do side by side. b. small-group and child-directed activities. c. play props and cooperative activities. d. interesting and age-appropriate individual activities. - Correct answer-individual activities and materials that children can do side by side Ms. Nguyen notices that a boy in her kindergarten class comes to school very irritable and is hyperactive most of the day. He has trouble concentrating and frequently fights with other children. Which of the following actions would be the most appropriate first response to this situation? A. Referring the child to the school nurse for possible attention- deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms B. Monitoring and documenting the behavior to be used at the parent-teacher conference in a few months C. Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and sleep schedules D. Collaborating with an administrator to develop an intervention plan to address behavior - Correct answer-Setting up a conference with the child's parents to discuss behavior at home and sleep schedules To best ensure that all students in a fourth-grade inclusion classroom receive quality instruction, which of the following should lesson plans always include? A. Individual assignments for each student and planned time for whole-class reteaching B. Activities at varying difficulty levels to allow for students to make self-directed choices C. Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities D. Blocks of time for small-group instruction for students with learning disabilities - Correct answer-Extra time for reteaching and needs-based modifications of student activities 5. A first-grade teacher has readers who are below grade level, each at a different level. In planning individualized instruction, which of the following is the best first step for the teacher to take? A. Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses B. Incorporating daily drills for students to practice reading skills C. Having students pulled out of the classroom for small-group reading instruction D. Developing students' oral language and writing skills - Correct answer-Providing an assessment to identify students' reading strengths and weaknesses 6. An English-language learner (ELL) who is at an advanced-high level of language proficiency is preparing a report summarizing a science experiment. The most appropriate expectation for the teacher to have of the ELL's report is that it will include A. illustrations of concepts that the student struggles with communicating in writing. B. a reliance on teacher-provided sentence stems to complete the report. C. writing that is correct in content but below grade level in syntax and grammar. D. grade-level content information communicated with few language-related errors. - Correct answer-grade-level content information communicated with few languagerelated errors. Fifth-grade students have just completed a social studies unit in which they explored pioneers' everyday life during the westward expansion. Which of the following student activities would show the highest level of critical thinking? A. Creating a time line of important events during westward expansion B. Completing a multiple-choice assessment about pioneers during westward expansion C. Writing a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion D. Drawing a picture showing a pioneer during westward expansion - Correct answerWriting a journal entry from the perspective of a pioneer during westward expansion Which of the following teaching strategies best supports intermediate-level Englishlanguage learners in the development of speaking English in academic settings? A. Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary B. Reviewing the concepts within the content through repetition C. Providing native language translations of academic vocabulary D. Connecting academic vocabulary to common idioms - Correct answer-Modeling pronunciations of key academic vocabulary A fifth-grade science teacher wants to accommodate science textbook reading assignments for English- language learners (ELLs). Which of the following activities would best support the goal? A. Providing the ELLs with an audio tape version of the science textbook B. Modifying the textbook content according to the instructional level of the ELLs C. Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs D. Providing extra time for the ELLs to read each textbook assignment - Correct answer-Segmenting textbook passages into smaller sections for the ELLs Which of the following teacher actions will most effectively promote a positive climate in an elementary classroom? A. Greeting students as they enter the classroom B. Setting the same goals for all students C. Allowing students to form their own groups during group work D. Providing lessons that are easy for students - Correct answer-Greeting students as they enter the classroom Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. Which of the following will best help with effectively reaching the first goal? A. Posting a list of specific behavior standards on a poster at the front of the classroom B. Allowing the students to discover the consequences of misbehavior through trial and error before discussing the importance of the behavior standards C. Creating the behavior standards as a classroom community with student input and discussion D. Inviting the school principal to participate during the discussion of the importance of the behavior standards - Correct answer-Creating the behavior standards as a classroom community with student input and discussion Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. The most appropriate guideline to help Mr. Hall reach the first goal is to incorporate A. three to five general standards that guide productive learning. B. ten to fifteen standards that provide detailed information. C. three to five standards that define consequences. D. ten to fifteen standards that teachers implement across classes. - Correct answerthree to five general standards that guide productive learning. Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. Which of the following could Mr. Hall do to best achieve his main goal related to parents? A. Meet with the parents as soon as the students violate the behavior standards B. Call the parents when help is needed to maintain the standards appropriately C. Send an introductory letter home on the first day of school that asks for a conference in the first month D. Solicit parental involvement when there is an after-school grade-level activity - Correct answer-Send an introductory letter home on the first day of school that asks for a conference in the first month Mr. Hall, a middle school teacher, has the following goals while creating his behavior management program. Goal 1: Develop an effective set of behavior expectations for students, including rewards and consequences. Goal 2: Establish positive relationships with students' parents to get support for the behavior management program. After the plan has been implemented, Mr. Hall schedules a phone conference with the parents of a student who is not following the plan. In the conference, which of the following approaches will best promote the second goal? A. Developing behavior standards to be implemented at home and then summarizing how to address academics and behavior B. Preparing notes on the student's misconduct and then suggesting ways for the parents to provide positive and negative consequences C. Providing a more specific set of behavior standards and then suggesting that the parents email any questions and/or concerns D. Summarizing the student's achievements and challenges and then encouraging the parents to discuss the situation - Correct answer-Summarizing the student's achievements and challenges and then encouraging the parents to discuss the situation Ms. Lyons observes that a majority of the students in her class are not following a recently taught math process on how to regroup while subtracting. Which of the following would be the best way to reteach the math process? A. Selecting more complicated examples to better demonstrate the process B. Connecting the underlying concepts to the process C. Using abstract terms to explain the process D. Presenting the process to a small group of students - Correct answer-Connecting the underlying concepts to the process When posing a question, the amount of wait time a teacher allows before calling on a student for a response primarily depends on the A. familiarity of the concept being discussed. B. amount of time allotted for the lesson. C. cognitive level of the question being asked. D. number of students with their hands raised. - Correct answer-cognitive level of the question being asked. 17. Before beginning a unit on plant life, students in a class answer the question, "What questions do you have about plant life?" in their learning journals. At the end of the unit, the teacher has students return to their list of questions and answer as many as they can. A primary reason for using this activity is to help the teacher A. understand students' opinions about plant life. B. encourage interaction between students about plant life. C. foster student ownership in their learning about plant life. D. develop students' scientific vocabulary about plant life. - Correct answer-foster student ownership in their learning about plant life. 24. In a physical education class that includes several English-language learners (ELLs) at various levels of language proficiency, the physical education teacher displays a list of vocabulary words related to basketball. Which of the following strategies will best support the ELLs' understanding of the vocabulary words? A. Reviewing the definitions during each class period B. Pantomiming the words with the class C. Reading the words aloud as a whole class D. Modeling the pronunciation of the words as a class - Correct answer-Pantomiming the words with the class 25. Which of the following is the most effective way for a teacher to monitor student understanding of a task during group activities? A. Observing student interactions while circulating around the room B. Remaining in an accessible location to answer student questions C. Asking one member of the team to report on the group's activity D. Providing a questionnaire for group members to evaluate one another - Correct answer-Observing student interactions while circulating around the room 26. A high school teacher wants to acknowledge students who participated in the state science fair by posting pictures on the school site. Which of the following would be the most appropriate way for the teacher to proceed? A. Posting the photographs with no identifying information B. Obtaining each student's written permission C. Reviewing the district fair-use policy D. Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy - Correct answer-Reviewing the district acceptable-use policy 27. A third-grade teacher is planning a lesson on media literacy. One of the teacher's goals is for students to be able to compare various forms of written conventions used in digital media. Which of the following student activities best supports the goal? A. Exploring a list of websites provided by the teacher and sorting the sites into categories based on the kind of information that is provided B. Researching a topic using the Internet and emailing a note to a friend that includes three facts from the research C. Using a Venn diagram to distinguish characteristics of a blog from those in a Webbased newspaper article D. Working in groups to create a classroom website about events in the classroom - Correct answer-Using a Venn diagram to distinguish characteristics of a blog from those in a Web-based newspaper article 28. As an informal assessment, a high school career and technology teacher has students complete an online job application and create an online résumé. The assessment is most beneficial because it allows students to A. apply their learning to real life. B. identify their vocational skills. C. apply metacognitive strategies. D. identify instructional goals. - Correct answer-apply their learning to real life. 29. A middle school history teacher is planning to assign a six-week project. Which of the following teaching strategies would best help promote students' understanding of the project's expectations?